Improvement in paper boxes



2 Sheet-s--S-heet l. G. K. SNOW. Paper Boxes.

Paented July 8,1873.

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AM. PHOTO -LlllaGRAPH/C Ca N X( OSBGRNES FRocEs) GEORGE K. SNOW, OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER BOXES.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No.

140,736, dated July 8, 1873,' application filed May 16,1313.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE K. SNOW, of Watertown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Boxes, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification: I

My invention relates to the construction of small packing-boxes, and is more specially applicable to the construction of boxes made of paper or pasteboard, and designed for holding collars, cuffs, and other like articles of light merchandise, and to the formation of a box having a square or rectangular exterior, and an oval, polygonal, or cylindrical interior; and it consists, first, in the formation of box-blanks in two pieces, cut to proper form, and one having lines embossed thereon to indicate and deiine the folds to be made to shape the box, as will be described, such blanks being` a new article of manufacture which I propose to prepare, all ready to be folded into boxes, andA sell tothe trade in bulk. It also consists in the lconstruction of a box having a square or rectangular exterior and an oval, polygonal, or circular interior, when said box or box and cover both are made from two pieces of material cut, folded, and secured together by means of paste, gum, or other adhesive material, without the use of other stay or strengthening pieces of paper, cloth, or other material to bind said parts together.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan of the principal piece of material which forms the exterior of the box. 'Fig.2 is the band which, with its ends secured together, forms the circular interior. Fig. 3 represents the two pieces of material united, and the rst stage of the folding. Fig. 4 shows the folding advanced another stage. Fig. 5 shows the third stage `in the folding. Fig. 6 represents the box completed, except pressing down and securing the last folds. Fig. 7 is a vertical section ofthe completed box on line w x on Fig. 6, and Fig. 8l is also a vertical section of the same at right angles to Fig. 7.

Referring to the drawings, A `is the bottom ofthe box. BB1 B2 C D E El EZF and G are vflaps which, when folded into proper position,

I form the sides of the box. H forms the top of the box around the cylindrical chamber; and a et a are radial points which, when turned at right angles to H, are pasted or otherwise secured to the band I, and with it form the walls of the cylindrical chamber J. A small flap, b, is attached to H, and, being turned down at right angles, is secured to the side C by paste, glue, or other suitable adhesive material. K is the top of the cover; and c, d, and e its sides, which, being folded or turned up at right angles to K and the smaller flaps f and-g on the ends of e, are turned at right angles to e and secured by paste or other- Wise to the sides c and d, the cover is completed.

The principal piece of material, seen in Fig. 1, may be cut to the outline shown, or without the cover K, and have the slits indicated by the full line h h h cut therein, and other lines embossed thereon, as indicated by the dotted lines t' z' t' and 01],to determine the folds, all at one operation, by means of suitable dies; and those parts of the other side which are to form the exterior of the box may be printed in any desirable pattern at one operation. l

These prepared pieces, together with the band, seen in Fig. 2, I propose to put into the market as a new article of manufacture, and sell to collar and other manufacturers in bulk, or put up in packages or cartons, the blanks to be folded and secured together to form boxes where they are to be filled, thereby saving materially in the .expense of transportation.

The voperation of folding the box is as follows: A short cylinder of wood or other suitable material, of a diameter and length equal to the dimensions of the interior of the box, being provided and placed upon a table, resting upon one of its ends, the main blank is placed upon its upper end, with the radial points ,a adirectly over it and forced down onto it, thus turning the points a c upward at right angles to H, when paste, glue, or other adhesive material is applied to the outside of said points, and the band I is wrapped around the cylinder and secured to the points c a, and its two ends are securedV together by paste or other adhesive material. The flap b and the sides F and G are next turned up at right an gies to H, as seen in Fig. 3, when the 'folded portion of the box is turned upon its edge onto the side B, as seen in Fig. 4, and next onto the bottom A, and the sides B and E are turned up, as seen in Fig. 5. rEhe side C is now turned up at right angles to the bottom A and secured by paste, or otherwise, to the iiap b. The aps B1 and E1 are now folded against the sides B and E, and then B2 and E2 are folded around against and secured to the flaps B1 and E1. The sides c, d, and e are next turned up at right angles to K, and the iiaps f and g are folded against and secured to the sides c and d, when the box and cover are completed.

It will be perceived that two sides of the box, when completed, are composed of four thicknesses of material each, as seen in Fig. 7 and it is not essential that the four thicknesses of which said sides are composed should be folded in precisely the manner described, but the flaps D and E or F and G may be outside instead of the aps B1 B2 E1 and E2.

The laps B1, B2, E1, and E2 may be cut of a length just halfl the width of the side of the box, and butt together instead of lapping, as shown in the drawings.

Paste, gum, or glue may be applied at other points than those mentioned above to secure the parts together; but those mentioned are all that are absolutely essential to make a serviceable box.

I propose, in some instances, to line the band I and the bottom A and the top K with a colored paper, or print thereon some tasty design for ornamentation.

It will be observed that the lines o p embossed on` the principal blank are not all the same distances apart, allowance being made for the thickness of the material.

It is also evident that the lines of fold need not of a necessity be embossed when the blank is made, but may be done at the time the box is folded; also, that a box may be made upon this plan with an oval, octagonal, or hexagonal interior, if desired, without changing the principle of construction from that shown with the cylindrical interior. y

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. As a new article of manufacture, the within-described blanks for the manufacture of boxes having a rectangular exterior and a cylindrical, oval, or polygonal interior, consisting of two pieces of material, one of which is a plain rectangular band, and the other cut to the outline shown in Fig. 1, and having cut therein the slits h h to separate the several iiaps which form the sides or ends of the box and to form the radiating points a a a., and with or without the lines 0 p embossed thereon to determine the folds, substantially as described.

2. A box having a square or rectangular exterior and an oval, polygonal,or cylindrical interior, when the body ot' the box or the body and cover complete are composed oi' two pieces of material formed and combined as set forth, and secured together by means of paste, gum, glue, or other suitable adhesive material,with out the intervention of other stay or strengthening pieces to bind the parts together, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

Executed at Boston this 14th day of May,

GEO. K. SNOW.

Witnesses:

S. A. Woon, DAVID T. PRAY. 

